Icelandic(5) File Formats Manual Icelandic(5)
NAME
Icelandic, icelandic - Introduction to Icelandic language support
DESCRIPTION
This reference page describes the coded character set (codeset), locale, device, and other support for the Icelandic language.
Codesets
The operating system supports the following codesets for Icelandic by means of locales, codeset converters, or both: ISO 8859-1 (ISO
Latin-1)
ISO8859-1 is the string that represents this codeset in the names of locales and codeset converters. See iso8859-1(5) for more
information. ISO 8859-15 (ISO Latin-9)
ISO8859-15 is the string that represents this codeset in the names of locales and codeset converters. See iso8859-15(5) for more
information. UCS-2, UCS-4, and UTF-8
UCS-2, UCS-4, and UTF-8 are the strings that represent these encoding formats in the names of codeset converters. See Unicode(5) for
more information. PC code pages
cp850, cp861, cp865, and cp1252 are the strings that represent these encoding fomats in the names of codeset converters. See
code_page(5) for more information.
See the i18n_intro(5) and l10n_intro(5) reference pages for introductory information on codesets. The iconv_intro(5) reference page dis-
cusses codeset converters and how to use them.
Icelandic Locales
The operating system provides the following Icelandic locale: is_IS.ISO8859-1 and is_IS.ISO8859-15 for Iceland
The is_IS.ISO8859-15 locale supports the euro monetary character.
You can use the locale command (see locale(1)) to find out which locales are installed on your system. See i18n_intro(5) for information on
setting locale from the operating system command line.
For the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), you set locale by setting the session language. To do this, use the Language menu accessed from
the Options button of the Login window.
Keyboards
The operating system supports the following VT style and PC style keyboards with Icelandic characters printed on the keys:
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VT Style (105/108 keys) PC Style (102 keys)
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LK201-LU None
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For your keyboard to function correctly with your system, you must load a keyboard mapping table (keymap) that is appropriate for your key-
board's model and language. If you load a keymap that does not correspond to your keyboard's model and language, your keyboard behavior is
unpredictable. The label located on the bottom surface of a keyboard usually specifies its model (five letter code) and language (two let-
ter code). See the keyboard(5) reference page for general information on keymaps and instructions for loading them in different formats.
The following table supplies Icelandic-specific information that you need when loading keymaps.
Selecting keymaps in xkb format is not supported for Icelandic. Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:
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For VT Style Keyboard: Select:
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LK201-LU icelandic lk201lu dp
icelandic lk201lu tw
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Keyboards can have keys with characters printed on both the left and right half of the keycap. The way you set or use your keyboard to send
different sets of characters varies from one keyboard model to another. Furthermore, your keyboard allows you to enter more characters than
those printed on the keycaps. Refer to the keyboard(5) reference page for information on how to enter characters.
SEE ALSO
Commands: locale(1)
Others: code_page(5), euro(5), i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5), iconv_intro(5), iso8859-1(5), iso8859-15(5), keyboard(5), l10n_intro(5),
Unicode(5)
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